NY State Senate Gets Serious About Government Transparency

The NY State Senate has taken a real leadership role in using the internet seriously to increase government accountability with an intuitive, searchable
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Turns out that the New York State Senate is taking a genuine leadership role in using the Internet seriously to increase government accountability and transparency.

Specifically, they're showing citizens how the sausage (law) is made, and how the legislature really works, starting to get citizens involved. The Feds are taking a look, which means that we all benefit.

Check out this video for more, and take a look at their very impressive open data environment.

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